Landore

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**Landore Ward**

Ordnance Survey
OS grid reference:	Maps for SS6696
Geography
Principal locality	Landore
Total population	6,121 (2001 census)
Land area (km²)	2.23 (2001 census)
Administration
Local council:	City and County of Swansea
Number of councillors:	2
Nation:	Wales
Post office and telephone
PostCode(s):	SA1, SA5
Dialling code:	+44-1792
Politics
Welsh Assembly:	Swansea East
UK Parliament:	Swansea East
European Parliament:	Wales

Landore is the name of an electoral ward, a community and a suburb in the City and County of Swansea, South Wales.

The electoral ward consists of some or all of the following areas: Castle Graig, Brynhyfyrd, Hafod, Landore and Plasmarl, in the parliamentary constituency of Swansea East. Landore is bounded by Castle to the south west; Cwmbwrla to the west; Mynydd-Bach to the north west; Morriston to the north; Bon-y-maen to the east; and St. Thomas to the south east.

The mainly residential suburb of Landore is located about 1.5 miles north of Swansea City Centre. It has seen a number of new developments during the early millennium decade, such as the new Liberty Stadium, which opened in 2005 and a new out-of-town retail park built around the same time.

Landore also has one of the largest park and ride facilities in Swansea with 550 spaces and staff looking after the car park.

Located at Landore is First Great Western's Landore Depot for servicing the Inter City 125 passenger trains. A prominent landmark in the area is the Landore railway viaduct.

1 Morfa
2 Hafod
- 2.1 Hafod Copper Works
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Morfa

Morfa was mainly an area of light industry in the late 20th Century. Until the development of the Morfa retail park and Liberty Stadium in the new millennium, the area was mainly a local sports and leisure complex.

On the east bank of the River Tawe stood the Morfa stadium, indoor and outdoor tennis courts and rubber surfaced football fields. On the west bank were large grass playing fields which were also used for outdoor concerts. The west bank was re-developed into the Liberty Stadium complex, while the east bank was re-developed into the Morfa retail park. Part of the old sports complex on the east bank included the Swansea ski centre, a dry ski slope. This slope is currently closed but there are currently discussions to overhaul the slope and re-open it.

An Addis housewares factory was located on the east bank for many years. The land near the factory is now being re-developed into a private housing estate, consisting mainly of apartment blocks. The name currently given to this site for marketing purposes is "The Copper Quarter".

[edit] Hafod

Hafod is a small area to the far south of the ward. The western part is a residential suburb. In the late 20th century, this was a mostly run-down area of Swansea, with property prices there being some of the lowest in the city centre area. In the new millennium, many properties in the main Neath Road and some of the side streets have benefited from council grants to improve the façade of the properties. This has certainly improved the image of the area superficially. Beside the River Tawe to the east is a small industrial strip.

[edit] Hafod Copper Works

The ruins of Hafod Copper Works still lay on the banks of the River Tawe. These can be seen clearly from the east side of the river. During the 19th Century, these were the largest copper works in the world.